Board of Directors

Shannon Marshall Hughes

President, Past Club President and Social Chair

Shannon Marshall Hughes joined OFRC in 2011. Shannon, along with her husband Dale, and daughter Cherokee, love coming to OFRC and enjoying all of it’s aspects. Shannon first joined the Board of Directors in 2021 as the Vice President. In 2022, Shannon served as the Club President. Shannon now serves as President in 2025 along with serving as the past club president and social chair.

Shannon has a love for entrepreneurship and is the current owner of Pink & FIERCE in downtown Burlington where she teaches women’s self-defense and Kickboxing classes.

Chris Gregory

Vise President and Swim Committee Chair

Diane Smith

Treasurer

Diane Smith and her husband, Chris, have been members of Olde Forest since 1985. They have four grown children who grew up spending summers at the pool. Currently two of them are Olde Forest members and their children are now enjoying going down the ducky slide like they did! Diane is a former tennis player who is passionate about pickleball. She is captain of the first OFRC pickleball team, Punchy Picklers, formed in the fall of 2022. They have won back-to-back Co-Ed 50+ Novice division championships.

Diane is a retired registered nurse who has served on several school and nursing boards and is past chair of the Burlington Day School Board of Trustees. She is also a member of our Racquet Sports Committee!

Woody Pelton

Secretary and By-Laws Committee Co-Chair

Woody and his wife Chris moved to Burlington in 2009 when Woody began as Dean of Global Studies at Elon University. They joined Olde Forest shortly after that. Both Woody and Chris joined for tennis and play regularly at the Club. They have also taken on pickleball more recently and now play both.

Woody retired from Elon in 2021 and Chris is slowly retiring from her career as a USTA professional line umpire and currently works as field staff at the US Open. In addition to serving on the OFRC Board, Woody also serves on the Board for Preservation Burlington and is involved with the Harwood Institute efforts in Alamance County.

Woody and Chris’ sons live in Santa Fe, NM and Santa Barbara, CA, so their kids and grandkids have not yet made it to the pool.

Cathi Roberts

Membership Chair

Julie McPherson

Racquet Sports Committee Chair

Julie McPherson has been a resident of Alamance County her entire life. Throughout her childhood, she spent many summers at Olde Forest Racquet Club participating on the swim team and playing junior tennis. Julie and her husband, Jay, have one son in graduate school who is pursuing a doctoral degree in chemistry. Julie is an Academically/Intellectually Gifted Specialist at Highland Elementary with over 30 years of experience in education.

Julie loves tennis and, as the Racquet Sports Committee Chairperson, is looking forward to maintaining and promoting racquet sports at Olde Forest. She has served as captain for multiple OFRC USTA tennis leagues, including Women’s Spring 40’s 3.5, 18’s Tri-Level, and Fall 6.5 Combo 40’s teams. In addition, she has been the captain of Olde Forest Racquet Club’s Summer Gate City Team. Previously, Julie served on the Alamance-Burlington School System’s AIG Advisory Board and was the past President of Alpha Delta Kappa’s local Tau Chapter.

Shelton Williams

Buildings & Grounds and By-Laws Committee Co-Chair

Robert Dove

Member-At-Large